Statuette of a naked woman, maybe Ishtar. Necropolis of Hillah, near Babylon. 3rd c BCE-3rd c CE. Alabaster, gold, terracotta and rubies
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Harry Burton, Two 'guardian' statues standing on either side of the entrance to Tutankhamun’s Burial Chamber, 1922
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'Egyptian monuments, 1927'. Photograph from the Dutch National Archives
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Harry Burton, The unbroken seal on King Tutankhamun's tomb, 1922
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George Rinhart - Tourists on the top of the Great Pyramid, c. 1925
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Sleeping Antelope, Saharan Rock Art, Algeria, ca. 9000 BCE
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Um Kalthoum on the beach
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Ram-Headed Deity Votive relief, Egyptian, Ptolemaic Dynasty, 305–30 B.C.
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Egyptian astrological ms, unknown Persian artist, 14th cent. Reproduced from the 9th cent Persian-'Kitâb al-Mawalid'
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14 c. CE, Egyptian astrological manuscript. Reproduced from 9th c. persian - 'Kitâb al-Mawalid' 'Book of Nativities'
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This Egyptian otter's raised paws signify adoration of the sun god when he rose in the morning
Early novelist?
Egyptian- Circa 2400 BCE
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Reminds me of the Otter in "The Wind in the Willows" who was found at daybreak as Pan played.


